DEVICE FOR UNDERWATER LAUNCH AND RECEPTION OF AUTONOMOUS UNMANNED UNDERWATER VEHICLE Russian patent published in 2020 - IPC F41F3/07 

FIELD: underwater launchers.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to underwater launchers, mainly for autonomous unmanned underwater vehicles (AUUV), with possibility of subsequent return of AUUV to launcher. AUUV underwater launch and reception device comprises a sluice chamber, an AUUV service compartment located on the water area and comprising a process pool, an AUUV preparation station, a monitoring and control device, wherein the sluice chamber is made in the form of a pipe, the tip of which has covers separating the inner volume of the sluice chamber from the surrounding aqueous medium and the process pool. End of the sluice chamber in the environment is made in the form of a mooring cone and is located below the maximum thickness of the ice cover in the given area. Covers are equipped with electromechanical drives with cover condition sensors, and the sluice chamber is equipped with AUUV motion sensors and AUUV drive to entrance to the sluice chamber on the side of the surrounding water medium, note here that cover electromechanical drives, cover state sensors, as well as AUUV motion sensors and AUUV drive are functionally connected to control and monitoring device.

EFFECT: such design of the device provides for underwater start-up and reception of an unassisted unmanned underwater vehicle irrespective of the state of ice cover of the water area and weather conditions in the zone of operation of the monitoring system of the underwater production complex.

1 cl, 1 dwg